Title: The Hacienda
Author: Isabel Cañas
Genre: Horror
Thank you, NetGalley, for this book
I accidentally got this book from Book of the Month Club, even though I had it from NetGalley. Oops! In any case, I don’t regret having two copies of this one because it was a lot of creepy fun. It reminded me a lot of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier but in Mexico in the 1800s.
The main character, Beatriz, marries this guy she barely knows simply to be able to provide for her family. Once she gets to his hacienda, she immediately feels things aren’t right. His sister is very rude and crazy things happen, mostly during the night, but also during the day, which leads Beatriz to become ungrounded.
She reaches out to the local priests to do an exorcism, which doesn’t work, but one father, Andres, has some other ideas of how to help. This book was a lot of fun, beautifully written, and a great take on the haunted house story. I definitely recommend this one!
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